UN-Habitat honours five Muscat award presentation

Oct 5

The master of ceremonies introduces the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour and presents the five honourees, saying they were selected from 101 nominations. Maryam Nawaz Sharif accepts on her organization's behalf for expanding affordable housing for low-income families. Housing NOW in Bago, Myanmar, represented by Htoo Aung, is honoured for resilient housing for communities affected by conflict, displacement, poverty and disasters. Tekoa Ara Hovy in Maricá, Brazil, is recognized for culturally suitable Indigenous housing, services and legal tenure; its representative is said to be unable to attend. Abdelmalek Ghannem is honoured for turning mining and household waste into affordable, climate-resilient construction materials; his place name is unclear in the interpretation. Sadiq Khan is honoured for housing quality, safety and inclusive development in London and is also absent. A recorded message and later acceptance speeches are announced, but neither is heard in this unit.

UN-Habitat presents its 2026 Scroll of Honour at the 5 October World Habitat Day ceremony in Muscat, recognizing five winners selected from 101 nominations. The broadcast covers Maryam Nawaz Sharif accepting for the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency, Housing NOW represented by Htoo Aung, the absent Tekoa Ara Hovy village representative, Abdelmalek Ghannem, and the absent Sadiq Khan. Their citations concern affordable housing, crisis-affected communities, Indigenous tenure and services, construction materials and London housing quality. Announced later acceptance speeches and Khan's video message are not part of the retrieved presentation.